No Time To Travel

Here we sit, campers without a road, stuck in time, waiting for the next adventure! Oh well, it won't be forever and when the road opens up, there will be miles and miles of smiles ahead. Just hope it happens soon...

Hitching Up, Baby!

Backing up your tow vehicle to hitch onto your trailer is always problematic, especially when you're alone. There's no one to provide you with information on how close the hitch ball is to the receiver unit on the trailer. What to do...?

There are a number of gadgets out there from magnetic balls on sticks to fancy and expensive backup cameras. There is also the free baby monitor.

Yes, a baby monitor! If you have two units like an iphone and an ipad or similar Android devices, which can 'speak' to each other via Bluetooth, then using a free baby monitor app you can send video from your trailer hitch (called the 'baby') to you in the tow vehicle (called the 'parent'). Watching the screen, you can tell where the ball and receiver are and flawlessly inch your way right to the perfect spot without having to constantly get out and check and re-adjust. The only time I have to get out now is to adjust the height of the receiver unit if I have left it too low to drop onto the ball once I'm in place.

Another use for the baby monitor is when backing into a parking site or camping spot. In this case mount the 'baby' unit on the rear of the trailer (I do this using a cheap suction cup device) and monitor where you are backing into via the 'parent' unit in the car. You will probably have to play with the 'baby' device to get the best view in the 'parent' screen, but once you get the hang of it, its easy to set up and use.

Thank you baby!